State may lose Mangaluru railway region if demand is metThe State may lose Mangaluru Railway Region, which is now being sought to be brought either under the Konkan Railway or the South Western Railway, as Kerala has made strong bid for formation of a railway zone.Two major railway stations, Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction of Mangaluru railway region, are now under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway.However,...more...

lines connecting Mangaluru to the rest of the State and Mumbai just after Mangaluru Junction fall under Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) towards Mumbai and South Western Railway, towards Hassan and Bengaluru.People in the coastal region have been demanding that Mangaluru railway region be brought under either KRCL or South Western Railway for the overall development of rail infrastructure in the coastal region. Activists have alleged that people have to struggle to get train connectivity to other parts of the State because of Southern Railway’s “apathy”.In fact, the High Court of Karnataka recently took cognisance of a public interest writ petition seeking including 24 km of railway line between Thokur and Mangaluru Junction under KRCL, as envisaged when KRCL was formed by Parliament.Peninsular ZoneKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Public Works Minister G. Sudhakaran recently wrote letters to the Prime Minister and the Railway Minister seeking the formation of Peninsular Railway Zone headquartered at Ernakulam.Mr. Sudhakaran, in his letter said, “The Peninsular Zone could have jurisdiction from Kanyakumari to Mangalore.”The Ministers said that lobbying was in full swing to separate Thiruvanantha-puram-Tirunelveli and Nagercoil-Kanyakumari lines from the Thiruvananthapuram Division of Southern Railway and bring them under the Madurai Division of Southern Railway.If it materialises, rail infrastructure development in Kerala would take a further hit, they said.UnderdevelopmentJust as the people of the coastal region cry injustice in infrastructure development and train connectivity, residents of Kanyakumari and Nagercoil region have been alleging step-motherly treatment at the hands of the Thiruvananthapuram Division.Kanyakumari District Railway Users Association has said that many north-bound trains are run via Kerala forcing residents of south Tamil Nadu to travel an extra 200 km as the region is administered by Thiruvananthapuram Division.

* Most probably, both the Kerala Ministers very well know that new Rly HQ shall not be granted, still they are writing to impress the people of their state/constituency * It is true that presence of zonal/divisional HQs is always pampered with many new trains, projects, investments. It should be mandatory to have traffic study by reputed agencies/experts and suggest new trains, new rail lines etc. * The Divisions should directly controlled from Delhi and all the zonal HQs should be scrapped. The demand for zones shall be over. All the...more...

divisional HQs shall become powerful like zones.* A redrawing of boundaries of division should be done throughout IR to make Rly operation more rational. Eg. Shifting of Manglore station to SWR or KR, under construction Naya Raipur Rly station to SECR etc

Pls note no more zones will be formed. For making a zone huge budgetary allocations has to be kept. I agree that there are issues in many zones being favourable to the respective states etc. Thiruvanthapuram Division has some issues with Nagercoil region and all Kerala bound trains are dumped in Mangalore central. Mangalore Central don't have trains towards Hubli, Gulbarga, Bidar etc. There must be realignment in the divisions which will be favourable and i don't think so if some areas are move to Madurai division will make any impact on Thiruvanthapuram Division or by handing over Mangalore area to KR from the current Palghat Division. Pls note no divisions will be winded up by doing this. This notion must be erased. Basically Palghat and Trivanthapuram divisions must have more pit lanes in their areas. Kasargod Station must have pit lanes which is lacking as of now. If politicians...more...

make their mind then it can happen but that is lacking. If this happen then the current load on Mangalore Central and Mangalore junction can be reduced.

After the Kacheguda railway station has become first energy efficient railway station in the country, the South Central Railways (SCR) plans to install LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights in all the stations under the SCR zone.The...

T.No. 12677 SBC-ERS Intercity Exp. will leave from KSR Bengaluru as per its schedule time at 06:15 hrs on 14.12.2017 & 24.12.2017 & will be regulated at enroute for 145 mins. on 14.12.2017 & for 60 mins on 24.12.2017. due to Dis/Re-connection work at TUP.

Vendors of Indian Railways can now track the status of their bills and get paid within 30 days of generating receipts through an online system introduced by the national transporter to enhance transparency in the processing and settlement of bills. Under...

After months of deliberations, the railway board has finally initiated the process of reviewing the flexi-fare system in premium trains by comparing the prices with that of other modes of transport in the same sectors. According...

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